The Department of Sport and Health Sciences at TUS Athlone Campus offers a suite of bachelors of Science honours degree programmes in Sports Science with Exercise Physiology, Nutrition and Health Science, Physical Activity and Health Science, and Athletic and Rehabilitation Therapy and an ordinary degree programme; Exercise and Health Science.

The Department of Sport and Early Childhood Studies at TUS Midwest offers programmes on both the Moylish and Thurles campuses.

The undergraduate sports programmes include Applied Sport Science, Sports Coaching and Sports Management, with Physical Education and Business commencing September 2025.

The postgraduate offerings include a MA in Leadership in Workplace Health & Wellbeing and a MSc in Applied Sports Performance which will also start in September 2025.

The Physical Education and Sport Sciences (PESS) Department is a vibrant and rapidly growing department in the Faculty of Education and Health Sciences. PESS offers undergraduate and postgraduate academic taught programmes, as well as extensive research activities including research centres and themes, collaborations and research publications and funded projects.

With internationally recognised degrees at undergraduate and graduate level in sport, highly research active faculty, multiple sport industry partnerships in Ireland and abroad as well as state of the art facilities, UCD provides students with a stimulating and multifaceted learning environment, preparing them to contribute to the sport and exercise science profession on a global scale.